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County court judge urges higher pay for court reporter; commissioners to review compensation
Summary
Judge Jeff Duran told the Anderson County Commissioners Court on Jan. 27 that his court’s reporter is likely to leave because county-set pay lags neighboring jurisdictions. Commissioners asked staff to collect salary comparisons and put the item on a future agenda for action.
County Court at Law Judge Jeff Duran told the Anderson County Commissioners Court on Jan. 27 that his court is legally required to maintain a court reporter and that the current county-set pay is too low to retain experienced reporters.
“The county court law is a court of record and that means that we're legally required to have a court report. And you set the compensation for our court reporter,” Judge Jeff Duran said, explaining why he had brought the matter before the court.
Duran said his court’s reporter has been offered substantially higher pay elsewhere and that hiring or contracting to cover the position would be costly. He presented local comparator figures and told the court he could not recruit at the current salary. Commissioners did not…
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